Democratic party U.S presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads the
polls by 5 points ahead of republican rival Donald Trump 'in a much
tighter race' with two weeks left to the election that'll determine who
succeeds Barack Obama at the White House.

According
to a new CNN/ORC poll among likely voters, Clinton tops Trump 49% to
44%, while Libertarian party candidate Gary Johnson has 3% and 2% of
likely voters back Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

Clinton
now stands at 53 per cent among voters under age 45, compared with 47
per cent in the previous CNN/ORC poll. The only age group where Clinton
currently trails Trump is among 50-64, who back Trump by four points in
this poll, CNN said.

Clinton has a wide 12-point lead among women due to
his recently released 2005 lewd comments video, while Trump edges
Clinton by a narrow three-points among men.